The DDoS threat landscape is a broad, ever evolving and dynamic topic that is covered by many different perspectives. One angle that doesn’t always get the spotlight is the use of DDoS attacks as a diversionary tactic or profiling mechanism for advanced assaults against a target victim.
Traditionally the term “DDoS” has been...

As organizations around the globe become more-and-more reliant on the Internet, a serious weakness has begun to emerge in our connected world. Since its inception, the Internet has been all about availability; when the Internet goes down, businesses that rely on that availability go down with it. DDoS attacks are single handedly the most...

There has been a flurry of DDoS reports from DDoS protection vendors as of late, and Corero has thrown its hat in the ring as well. The recently released Corero DDoS Trends and Analysis report offers a unique perspective of the growing DDoS threat; offering a stark contrast to the majority of the reports saturating the headlines this month.
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Online game players that got new consoles or games this past Christmas might have been disappointed when they went to play. Both Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network were down for extended times of a day or more due to DDoS attacks. The now notorious group Lizard Squad had said it would target the gaming industry with...

As industry statistics suggests, many gaming providers are under DDoS attack continuously - each and every day. Gamers are said to be one of the highest profile targets on the Internet, while at the same time their business models require 100% uptime. These two facts manifest into quite the conundrum for today’s gaming providers....

Observing and analyzing DDoS attacks over a period of time helps us all understand trends so that we can better prepare for the future. Verisign has recently published its DDoS Trends Report for the last half of 2014, and there are some interesting observations.
For one thing, attacks are growing larger in size. In the attacks observed by...

With regards to scrubbing-lane approaches, years ago Internet Service Providers (ISP) realized, “Yes DDoS is a problem we will have to deal with now and in the future”. From some reports as early as the year 2000 ISPs began observing DDoS attacks traversing their networks. How did they see the effects of DDoS attacks - way...

Relying on human intervention to mitigate DDoS attacks is like digging a well when your house is on fire. When it comes to ensuring service availability and maintaining uptime and SLAs, hosting providers should use minimal (if any) manual intervention when defending against a DDoS attack. Instead, real-time DDoS mitigation will allow...

In my discussions with organizations looking to protect their business from the wrath of DDoS attacks, I often hear the same question, “How do we obtain a Return on Investment (ROI) on a DDoS protection solution?” Years ago I would attempt to delineate a potential ROI model, often on the fly. On several occasions, I worked...

How pervasive have DDoS attacks become? According to research from the global network services company BT Global Services, two out of every five organizations worldwide were targeted by DDoS attacks last year. That's the global average. In the United States, more than half (58%) of all organizations were targeted. Those aren't good...